Mattress.



v F. A. KAISER.

MATTRESS. VAPPLIOATION FILED .TUNE 2,1908.

900,383. n Patentedl ct. 6, 1908.

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' ATTORNEYS UMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE. FRANK KAISER, OF SURNTON,PNNSYLVANIA.

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To alljwhom'it may concern.:V i

.I Be it known that I, FRANK A. Isiiii, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of Scranton, in the county of lLackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Mattress,` of which theifollowing is a full, clear, and Exact descripion.

This invention relates to' certain improvements in mattresses, cushionsor the like, and

I more particularly to the formation of the marginal portions wherebv aroll edge .is formed. I

' In the manufacture of mattresses, the usual method of procedure is toill the tick' or covering with the stuiiing or filling material,

and to'then sew through the covering from one face tok an adjacent oneat a'short distance from the line of intersection of said faces, inorder to produce a denite and well-defined edge, commonl roll edge. Itis ver di cult to fill the edge uniformly throug out its length' withthe stuffing, so that theroll-edge isuniform.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a separate strip of felt, cottonbatting or other similar material. The strip is placed along the innersurface of the covering and through a portion of this strip, after .theroll edge is formed complete, the main body of the stuffing or fillingmaterial may be inication, in which simi ar c serted in any mannercommonly employed in the art. A

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin aiv art ofthis speciliaracters vof reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures, and in which Y Figure lis a erspective viewof a mattressconstructe in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is atransversesection through a portion of 'the mattress cover ti ned wrong side outand with the strip of fe t or batting in place; Fig. 3 is a sectionthrough thel completed covering with the i roll edge and prior to theinsertion of the filling material; and Fig. 4 is a section's'imi lar toa portion of Fig. 3, but showing a sli hftl modified form.

n t e formation of mattresses in accordancefwith my invention, IAprovideA a tick or covering of any suitable non-elastic woven fabric,the covering having to and bottom faces or sections 10, and: perip eralfaces or sections 11. The faces may be securedA to- Bpecmeation o!Letters ratsnt.

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known as al gather at their lines of intersection by any suitable formof seam 12. Afters'ewiiig up the covering with one 'side thereof open,the

covering is turned wrong-sideout and a strip 13 of fel-t or cotton isv'lace' d over the peripheral facesD and exten a t in short distancealongthe top and bo faces, substantially as shown at the ,left of Fig.2. This strip of soft material is temporarily secured in place in any-suitable manner, as,for instance, by pinning or basting, andthecovering is then turned right side out. I then sew or stitch through theadjacent faces at a -short distance from their line of intersection, soas to secure said faces together and hold a portion of the striptherebetween, as shown in Fig. 3.

A portion of the strip is compressed and held adjacent the seam 12 toform a roll or bead 14, permanently held in place by the line ofstitching 15. The mattress is then filled or stuffed with any suitablefilling material 17 in any suitable manner, as, for ining or dislodgmentof the `stuiiin or filling of the mattress. The stri exten ing acrossfrom one .roll 14 to the a jacent one, serves to space the corner, seams12 apart andhold them more rigid in' res ectl to each other and give'themattress a wel -definedborden l,

By placing the strip 13.in positionwith the covering wrong side out andthen turning it right side out before puttin in the stitching 15, agreater amount of t e strip `is forced into the' corner 'adjacent theseam 12 to form the. roll. To give the roll slightly greater rigidity,I, may -if de s'ired, place a cord 16 upon the inner surface of thestrip, and by then stitching the faces 10. and

l11 together inside of the cord', -the cord stance, by hand or by.machines desi ed for vthe urpose. The roll edge is hel ermaneiitl)y inposition, irrespective of any oosen- Asaid stri in pothe insertion ofthe main filling material and separate therefrom, and inserting saidmain ing, a strip of felt or the like, separate' from the lling materialandin engagement with the inner surface of the coveringadjacent thelines* of 'intersection of adjacent faces, said strip being secured inplace' ly stitching through said adjacent faces at a distance from.their line of intersection, and a filling material separate from saidstrip.

3. A mattress having a covering, a strip of feltor the like upon theinner surface of the covering along the intersection of adjac'ent faces,c'ord in engagement with the inner surface of the strip, and a. line ofstitching through said ad]acent faces to secure them together at adistance from their line of intersection and to hold a portion of 20said strip'and said cord therebetween to form a roll edge. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FMNK A. KAISER. Witnesses T. B. WADE, M. A. BAnNnY.

